sheet bend

noun

a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)

• Syn: ↑becket bend, ↑weaver's knot, ↑weaver's hitch

• Hypernyms: ↑hitch

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noun

: a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye — called also becket bend, mesh knot, netting knot, swab hitch, weaver's knot

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a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself. Also called becket bend, netting knot, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot.

[1835-45]

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sheet bend noun

A type of knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes

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Main Entry: ↑sheet

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sheet bend,

a kind of knot used to fasten two ropes together; becket bend; hawser bend.

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n. a knot used for temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another